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    That didn't take long IOU lol

    Gotta say I'm satisfied thus far

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    Quote Originally Posted by umhester04 View Post
    Has anyone tried messing with sliders?
    I have begun working on sliders. They are for All-Pro with 15-minute quarters.

    Obviously, I don't have as much data as I did at NCAA's release since I've only had a couple of days with the game, but I'll put out what I have so far before midnight tonight.

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    Anyone know if this is getting a day one patch and if so, what it entails?

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    There is a day one patch. Justin Dewiel tweeted that to me August 25th when I asked but he did not answer my follow up question of what would be in the patch.

    "yea, there's a day one title update like normal."

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    well, i took the dive. Just went to best buy and traded in $60 dollars worth of old PS2 games for this madden..at least that means its basically free LOL

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    Really enjoying the game thus far. I downloaded the NEW rosters and started a chise with my Raiders. Currently we are 2-0 in preseason. Based on my starters I should be 0-2 as my starting offense has been terrible. Trent Edwards has been lights out so much to the point that he may earn the starting job. I am enjoying the cut days as well however, the cpu doesn't properly put in backups ( for example in game 2.... first half team one second half team two... I had to put in my own 3rd stringer etc.).

    There are some issues though:
    presentation is awful.... one of the worst in sports games
    why is there only 20 second run-off??? we used to have an option for 15, 25, etc
    cpu running is pretty sporadic
    some types of passes are darn near impossible to complete while others are money
    play action and screens leave a lot to be desired
    lots of cpu injuries but very few hum injuries
    new kick screen for FG's is awful... hard to tell if you make a kick or not!

    Overall though, my biggest question.... WHY REMOVE THE EXTRA POINT???? Something is better than nothing. Overall, the game is a blast BUT there is no longer immersion. Love it or hate it, removing the EXTRA POINT was a MASSIVE mistake. Don't like it? Fine, skip it but don't remove it as many of us out there enjoyed it and watched it every single week.!!!

    Other than those gripes, Madden 12 is a great offering thus far.
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    I thought presentation was one of the major selling points this year ?

    how is tackling ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhombic21 View Post
    Indy mostly bases out of a 3 WR 1 TE set. We can debate whether that truly qualifies as "spread." But more importantly, they operate extensively from under center, and their offense doesn't really resemble the kind of offense that I'm assuming IOU wants to run.
    Right, but I thought we were talking about personnel then, not offensive style. I guess I don't watch enough of their games, 'cause it seems to me that they're out of shotgun often. But I may be wrong about that.

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    I thought presentation was one of the major selling points this year ?
    It is. But what jaymo wants to see in presentation might be different from what was focused on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jaymo76 View Post
    There are some issues though:
    presentation is awful.... one of the worst in sports games
    Compared to other games, it still needs work, but compared to Madden NFL 11 it's night and day. The biggest issue for me is commentary; I like what they've done with cameras and broadcast overall.

    why is there only 20 second run-off??? we used to have an option for 15, 25, etc
    You can set how many seconds are left on the play clock with the run-off if you choose your play early; I believe that 15, 20, and 25 seconds are the options.

    new kick screen for FG's is awful... hard to tell if you make a kick or not!
    You can push a button--I believe it's R2--to change the view on field goals back to the "classic" camera.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paakaa10 View Post
    Compared to other games, it still needs work, but compared to Madden NFL 11 it's night and day. The biggest issue for me is commentary; I like what they've done with cameras and broadcast overall.

    You can set how many seconds are left on the play clock with the run-off if you choose your play early; I believe that 15, 20, and 25 seconds are the options.
    I liked the presentation a lot in the demo. But I don't think it was a coincidence that there was no commentary.

    There is a bug in Madden that does not allow you to adjust the accelerated clock in offline franchise. The only option available is 20 seconds for some reason. Maybe this gets patched. Not sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rudy View Post
    I liked the presentation a lot in the demo. But I don't think it was a coincidence that there was no commentary.
    So, what you're really saying is that the commentary is awful. Not presentation on the whole. Yes?
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    Actually, the clock run-off can be greatly customized. Mine is at :14, I believe.

    My biggest gripe is that there aren't separate sliders for User and CPU Special Teams. I know it's been that way for years, but come on. I doubt I'll ever miss a kick and if I lower accuracy too much, the CPU will never make one. Sigh.

    Also, not being able to adjust ST sliders in Practice Mode is really annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    Actually, the clock run-off can be greatly customized. Mine is at :14, I believe.My biggest gripe is that there aren't separate sliders for User and CPU Special Teams. I know it's been that way for years, but come on. I doubt I'll ever miss a kick and if I lower accuracy too much, the CPU will never make one. Sigh.

    Also, not being able to adjust ST sliders in Practice Mode is really annoying.

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    I know this was IN last year but I can't find it this year. I could see it blocked out in the demo but I can't find it in my downloaded game. Which section is it in for OFFLINE FRANCHISE??? Many other people are struggling finding it as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    Actually, the clock run-off can be greatly customized. Mine is at :14, I believe.
    And that's in offline Franchise? Hmm. Seems to be some conflicting stuff going around then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffHCross View Post
    So, what you're really saying is that the commentary is awful. Not presentation on the whole. Yes?
    Oops... yup wrong word, I meant commentary. Sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paakaa10 View Post
    And that's in offline Franchise? Hmm. Seems to be some conflicting stuff going around then.
    I had no idea you guys were talking about Franchise Mode.

    I just fired one up. It looks like you have no choices for anything related to sliders in Franchise Mode. That is really, really stupid. I thought maybe there would be a work around by setting it up once you actually got into a game, but it's not there. Special Teams sliders aren't there either.

    Sigh. It looks like Madden has found a way to make sure that I will never play a season on Franchise Mode. No sliders, no settings, no steelerfan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffHCross View Post
    So, what you're really saying is that the commentary is awful. Not presentation on the whole. Yes?
    Yes although I will check out my retail copy tomorrow. Not having played Madden last year may make the commentary easier to take.

    And Steelerfan I totally agree with you about the special teams sliders. Why on earth don't we have user and cpu sliders? Both EA Dev teams make such stupid decisions some times. Madden has had fumble, injury and stamina sliders and the NCAA team refuses to put them in the game. Madden has some cool stuff and then screw up the special teams sliders. Same goes for both teams not sharing camera angles and stuff like that. Some stuff just seems so simple to put in the game and yet it doesn't happen.

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    Wow. If none of that is in the retail game, I'm glad now that Madden has been relegated to holiday purchase status for me. Some of that would/will ruin franchise for me. Sadly, unless some of that stuff is in the retail game or gets patched in at some point, Madden 12 could follow the path of Madden 11 and become an "achievement whore" game for me, with me knocking out the achievements and then shipping it out to Amazon or someplace else for a trade-in a couple days later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jaymo76 View Post
    Oops... yup wrong word, I meant commentary. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by Rudy View Post
    Yes although I will check out my retail copy tomorrow.
    Bahahaha ... I totally didn't realize I was talking to Rudy about jaymo's comment. @ me.

    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    I just fired one up. It looks like you have no choices for anything related to sliders in Franchise Mode.
    In offline? No sliders? W.t.f. Ridiculously glad I cancelled my Amazon pre-order yesterday then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steelerfan View Post
    I had no idea you guys were talking about Franchise Mode.

    I just fired one up. It looks like you have no choices for anything related to sliders in Franchise Mode. That is really, really stupid. I thought maybe there would be a work around by setting it up once you actually got into a game, but it's not there. Special Teams sliders aren't there either.

    Sigh. It looks like Madden has found a way to make sure that I will never play a season on Franchise Mode. No sliders, no settings, no steelerfan.
    Did you try tweaking settings from the main menu and then going into offline Franchise? Maybe they carry over that way?

    I haven't tried anything on the Franchise side yet. I'll have to look into this tonight.

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